Flying Bulls - Cessna 337D Super Skymaster - Display with Cockpit View

One of the star attractions of Sinj Air Show 2016 with its push-pull configuration and Red Bull color scheme. This particular flight was the rehearsal flight one day before the air show.
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Aircraft: Cessna 337D Super Skymaster "The Flying Bulls"
Aircraft Registration: N991DM
Airport: Piket Airfield LDSS Sinj Croatia
Date: 19.8.2016. (DMY)
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed :)

[@mercury90hp]

Fell in love with these at 12 years old. What a phenomenal centerline thrust aircraft. Cessna P38 Lightning lol

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

The sound of this aircraft is soo eargasmic

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

Two sound frequency generators = beat frequency generator

[@smaze1782]

I love the push-pull Cessna, such a unique aircraft.

[@totosukatendel8656]

I think that configuration first intruduced by Germany during WW2, Never continue into production. Any person can explain the reasons. Surprised to see Cesna, adopt it, Is the population big enough.

[@ethanhiggins4887]

All y’all bashing the plane and pilot have never flown a skymaster in Ann airshow before. This isnt a very agile aircraft and is not supposed to pull g’s. Some of those low hard turns he did were impressive.

[@heydonray]

One needn’t pull high g’s to at least roll the thing. It’s capable of loops at 4 g’s. This was just boring. If you want to say that’s just the nature of the 337 then, ok, we can agree on that.

[@keithelcomb5022]

I used to roll my 337 regularly. Originally G- BOYR but I put her on the Russian register as RA-4147. Until the UK CAA stepped in. Amazing aircraft and a joy to fly. Happy Days!

[@TheHDAviation]

That's some awesome footage, the Skymaster is one cool aircraft. Looks like some fun flying!

[@maiavolosiuc6763]

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[@papitopapito3241]

TheHDAviation

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I love the Super Skymaster , enjoyed watching 👍

[@xbpbat21x]

I fell in love with this aircraft after watching Bat21!

[@aaronanstett8987]

Me too

[@aaronanstett8987]

Bat 21 come in bat21

[@Alex-us2vw]

Yes

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

Equally fine book as well - and what a great story that really happened! I read that book in my twenties, I guess, and loved it, but I have to say that now, at 60, the part where it talked about Col. ‘Ham’ being a ‘40-something’ year old intelligence specialist nearing retirement, who worked a console aboard a B-52 at 40,50, even 60,000 feet, and probably 500 or 600 kts. ... well, I get that part a lot better, now. It’s tough enough surviving bailing out of a b52 and then surviving alone behind enemy lines in the jungle when you’re 18-19-20 yrs old ... but doing that at, say, 45, 46, 47, with 25 year old survival training, barely able to survive the air conditioning going out, or having to sleep on a cheap mattress, well ... I tell people all the time - I can still do a lot of things I could do 40 years ago, it just might take longer, ... I might make a loud noise when I do it, ... it might hurt, ... a lot; ... I’m going to need a lot better reason to do it than I used to need, I might not be able to do anything ELSE for a week after that, but most importantly, I am keenly aware that I am still more than strong enough to hurt myself in just an instant of inattention. Just because I CAN pick up and carry 2 feed sacks at once instead of making 2 trips doesn’t mean I SHOULD. Somehow saying it that way (I’m still strong enough to hurt myself) is less emasculating than “ I’m too old to do that kind of thing any more ...” wow ... I just meant to say I too love the skymaster and the movie that you mentioned, and y’all wound up with an essay you didn’t ask for... sorry about that...

[@normand5847]

Great movie.

[@paulkersey9825]

TOWER: Are you a Super Skymaster? PILOT: Negative. Just a private pilot.

[@nineth7222]

Paul Kersey ต

[@daveriley6310]

Good one, Paul. Mind if I modify that and use it? I happen to still have a 337.

[@keithskylerkingnelson3378]

@@daveriley6310 Niner Niner ONE Delta Mike is supposed to be in Onalska , Wisconsin according to the FAA...Croatia????????????

[@daveriley6310]

@@keithskylerkingnelson3378 Hi Keith. In the first 25 seconds, check out the registrations on the aircraft in the background and notice the writing on the sailplane trailer. You can also hear the conversation around the cameraman from 7 minutes to the end. Perhaps that Skymaster is "supposed" to be in Wisconsin, as you state, but I have flown aircraft in England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Kosovo, Iraq, Macedonia... that were "supposed" to be in various locales in the U.S. Like cellphones, airplanes tend to travel a lot. But it was just a quick guess, based on the name of the flying club Aeroklub Split at 0:20. I walked around in Split, Croatia about 10 years ago. Met a bar owner near the top of town who was keen to practice his English, looked into the price of real estate, and visited the marina. Nice place.

[@keithskylerkingnelson3378]

@@daveriley6310 With all due respect, and bear in mind I have been flying since May 20th 1980, have been an owner as well , ( 1975 Cessna 177B Cardinal ) I do know The FAA, and maybe Department of Defense might take interest if United States registered owners were claiming Onalaska Wisconsin United States as home base, and perhaps using 991DM for nefarious purposes. Indeed I do know US insurance companies would be having Hamsters if they thought the '69 337 was NOT in the LaCrosse area, but involved in some Balkans intrigue. Now, if Red Bull is footing the bill, it ain't a cheap date, but Navy and Air Force Intelligence might be wondering. K Walter

[@skippmclovan1135]

My late ex-WW11 bomber pilot dad flew these things out of Ardmore NZ (WW11 Corsair and Avenger airfield) in the mid sixties .. i used to sit in there as a little kid thinking how much more 'kick in the back' there was in wide open throttle take-off power as against the '180' which was in itself a mighty airplane with it's 470 cubic inch flat six power plant sounding like magical heaven . . a Mitsi 3.5 litre vee six with an open exhaust is the closest i can ever come to it back on flat earth . . these old boxer aero engines from Continental and Lycoming are quite amazing for the sounds they make

[@carlosandleon]

are they boxers or flat twins?

[@marc-antoinedelarche6399]

A RedBull paint scheme makes anything and everything look fast and cool. This, hum, "display" is really just flying around and...turning.

[@stevekopcial129]

The old " Push me Pull you" arent around much anymore. Thanks for the memories...

[@JohnBrown-gw3cv]

As an old pilot,I used to call it"suck n blow"....flew one once,nothing special.

[@christopherpardell4418]

John Brown ....other than still having symmetrical thrust on only one engine

[@oneanddone7992]

Great oldie, and I think it actually happened. At least this one was told amongst the instructors I was friends with years ago... A student pilot is on his first cross-country solo, and asks for flight following on a busy day for ATC. After giving a pirep to ATC, the controller asks: "Are you a Skymaster?" Student replies, "Well, sir, I dunno, but my instructor says I'm pretty good."

[@AV8R_1]

One of my favorite aircraft! Would love to own one someday when I need a traveling aircraft. But why does RedBull sponsor or own one? Does it do anything other than a bunch of really steep turns and fly-by's?

[@indridcold8433]

This is my dream plane. Even if I would aquire more money than needed to get a more expensive aeroplane, I would still get the Cessna Super Skymaster 337D. Just as my dream vehicle is nothing more than a utilitarian Jeep Wrangler TJ, Wrangler YJ, CJ, or MB.

[@Mario4445d]

5 years of watching this vid, still epic

[@CHaas-bn3xi]

This push pull Cessna is one hell of an airplane love it

[@therealgaragegirls]

Love that paint/wrap job.

[@erictaylor5462]

I love the "shot duck" look of the Cessna landing gear cycling,

[@frbe0101]

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[@erictaylor5462]

@@frbe0101 When I was 18 I worked for an airplane Mechanic. Saw this lots of times.

[@donc9751]

Those Cessna gear, always remind me of one of those big mosquitos with the long legs dangling off the back. Kind of lame looking to me but I really like this airplane!

[@dieselrotor]

After some after market upgrades and a few limiter adjustments later, a sweet ship is even sweeter.

[@donny526]

Total flying Bulls Art in motion

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Great stuff, Edo! Thanks for sharing!

[@ynotski9]

Similar Plane flown in the Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Vietnam War Film BAT 21.

[@mikebreen2890]

I actually flew one of these in 1977.

[@DocHallenstein]

Great pilot, right seat and camera work. Thanks.

[@evancole2880]

One of these was ripping up and down the valley in a similar way near my home in W. Va. Pretty entertaining to watch 🤙

[@hismajestysmen]

When i was a kid, a private pilot friend of my dad’s always referred to it as a Cessna “push-pull”.

[@willemp6432]

I love , love , love that plane....Thanx Edo..

[@muffdiver4973]

One of the coolest looking airplane.

[@cohenturner23]

With that livery a 337d looks mad

[@scottrichmond3400]

Love this plane

[@neilfoster814]

I love the Cessna 337! It's not an aerobatic show plane anymore than a Cessna Caravan a Learjet is but still cool as hell. I believe they even have their own specific type rating of "Twin engine - inline" which separate from normal twins like a Piper Commanche or Beechcraft Baron. They also did great service in the USAF during the Vietnam war doing counter insurgency and light ground attack missions!

[@Tom-zs6bb]

The rating is called a centerline-thrust restriction. I did my checkrides for my ME and Commercial ratings in a Skymaster but I had to demonstrate Vmca in a conventional twin before I could log PIC time in them.

[@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS]

Why so much negative commentary? That's plenty enough G on those wings and airframe. Did you expect it to go supersonic and pull 6g barrel rolls?

[@Ohiostmrchbandawesom]

The Dash-80 could do a barrel roll. Since when were barrel rolls 6g maneuvers?

[@JessHull]

A barrel roll is 1g

[@daveriley6310]

@@JessHull Close, Jess, but not quite accurate. Slightly more than 1 G at the initiation and the conclusion, considerably less than 1 G when inverted. Both those are necessary unless you want to conclude the roll in a steep dive.

[@JessHull]

Good to know, thanks @@daveriley6310

[@DomManInT1]

Yes.

[@melvyncox3361]

Nice looking plane,the Skymaster. Unusual with it's push-me-pull-you configuration.Looks tidy in Red bull livery.Liked the retracting undercarriage.Not all 337s had that.Overall,nice😎👍!

[@barndawg77]

Melvyn Cox all 337s have retracts. The 336 was fixed gear.

[@daveriley6310]

barndawg77 is correct. You could accurately say that not all Skymasters had retracting undercarriage, but C-337 means it is retractable. However, I do know of one 337 that the owner had the gear retract system disabled. It was the first thing I asked him about when I saw the huge tundra tires on it. He flew in and out of unimproved sites and, when I asked about rear prop fod damage on gravel strips, stream beds and beaches, he said he considered rear propellor blades a routine replacement item. Hubs and brakes were also modified. I've flown dozens of C-337s and have one now here in Alaska. But because of the frequency of gear problems and the expense related to maintaining the retraction system, my next one may be a 336.

[@donny526]

It’s a fantastic aircraft

[@PSkitt82]

It banks. It dives. It climbs. Does everything but go upside down! Crazy!

[@bc1885bc]

The owner of redbull is half croatian, sinj is famous,my grandparents are from North of there. Cool post,I wanna ride

[@sibashankargantayat5378]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I LIKE THIS PLANE EdoStuff Aviation

[@Danehavenlane]

Wears gloves. That’s fun. Like the push pull machine.

[@thomasm8699]

My flight instructor called it a "blow-sucker". It became a favorite of mine even though I never flew it. But, I did fly, with my instructor, from Ypsilanti, MI Willow Run to Kalamazoo. With enough money (that's what makes airplane fly) the cooling problems of the rear engine and noisy cabin can be somewhat overlooked. Riley conversion was very interesting.

[@tophatter15]

Beautiful aircraft to fly!!!

[@psslonaker]

Maybe a dumb question here, but why do these Skymaster's have 2 blade props instead of 3 blade??

[@michaelgewert4623]

Weil 2-Blatt Props effektiver sind als 3-Blatt Props.

[@daveblevins3322]

We had several of these during the Vietnam days as forward observers.

[@glennhargrove3299]

We had them at DaNang but they were propaganda aircraft. They had large speakers on each side to broadcast what was call ed Chu Hoi messages to the enemy and they dropped propaganda pamphlets. I still have some of the pamphlets. Because of dropping the pamphlets, we called them bullshit bombers. We had OV10's for FAC's.

[@richardamaral205]

hello my name is Rick Amaral i am purchasing a 337D my questions are your plane has modifications can you tell me about your engines, Props and any other modifications i can see the props already have a directive. thanks any info would be much appreciated thanks

[@Alex-us2vw]

Looks a lot nicer with a fresh coat of paint! I usually find the c-337 pretty ugly, but this one is beautiful in an odd way. Lol

[@argha3898]

Love with the sound

[@thegeek3348]

I want one of these so bad. awesome pilot.

[@marshallallensmith]

People who think they did nothing impressive obviously have no understanding of the airframe they are in. If you wanna do flips and full round in a 337 be my guest but considering the age of these airframes you will also probably be getting a first class ticket across the river Styx so don't forget to carry toll with you just in case.

[@Borkowsky1990]

Haha I love this comment. Age makes a big difference 👌

[@ChrizRockster]

Might have been a rehearsal, but co-ordinated flight it wasn't. The aircraft was regularly needing more rudder input during the manoeuvres.

[@Alex-us2vw]

Yup ailerons cause drag causing yaw, rudder fixes that.

[@boboala1]

Nice rear camera views! Is this plane particularly fast?

[@brionjohnson2806]

Beautiful 337! What are the two flat screens on the center dashboard?

[@pchansen100]

Ohh. This is getting serious. The pilot is wearing welding gloves! 😂

[@normanfawley7379]

Odd film,always liked the aircraft.Nice landing.

[@shademe]

Have to agree, beautiful plane, looks fun, but I kept waiting on the roll, our loop.

[@RDEnduro]

Gloves are bad for manipulating tiny buttons and also for trying to pick up anything small.. I was still impressed, if the pilot is not capable or doesn't have the experience or training to pull off extremely difficult maneuvers then we shouldn't expect him to fly outside his limits. Which is why I'm sure his flight at the airshow will be controlled and safe and it should be.

[@bruceandmaryvonnecampbell8388]

RC Enduros n

[@bruceandmaryvonnecampbell8388]

RC Enduros j

[@Tirana44]

Unusual aircraft, and some great flying and photography, what’s not too like? Thanks.

[@michaelfletcher1224]

Very cool! I wonder if everybody in those houses below thought so... lol.

[@clarebills2651]

Whats with the gloves ?

[@jamesturncliff5960]

There's an abandoned skymaster at the Hope British Columbia airport please get it and fix it up

[@Alyeska907]

Question: why do some airplanes have two GPS units?

[@somebody9651]

Beautiful plane

[@gittar]

Years ago I was with the 182nd in Illinois, we flew these as FAC (hit my smoke), then we went the A-37, Dragonfly, doing the same thing.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

Illinois air national guard?

[@tgclark56]

I like them

[@coriscotupi]

Cool airplane. 01:53 - After being thrown around that much, the artificial horizons no longer agree with each other. LOL

[@martyapo]

I don't get it.... is it not capable of rolling inverted or doing any kind of aerobatic maneuver?

[@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS]

BeechBaron Pilot agree

[@rogertycholiz2218]

Not capable of aerobatics! Inverted flight causes the carb floats to fully open and cause flooding (gravity). The Cessna Super Skymaster is in the Guiness book of records as the noisiest private plane ever manufactured.

[@sickbear1489]

Roger, no carb floats, the thing has fuel injection.@@rogertycholiz2218

[@chrismoody1342]

Even with all the impracticality of this plane, it’s still sexy as can be.

[@ryan_niemi]

What's impractical about it? Asking as a 337 owner.

[@bernardanderson3758]

Where is this plane at now?

[@trob0914]

I love all the negative comments, these folks must liken themselves to E. "Winkle" Brown!!

[@joelwilson9890]

A Skymaster is not an aerobatic bird, and they were pulling some pretty good G's! I was impressed, but did not expect much from this plane in the first place.

[@daffidavit]

Wasn't this the same type of airplane that lost both of its wings during a slight pull-up when some Polish pilots tried to demonstrate the flight characteristics of the airplane for a potential buy out? The pilot went a little too fast and pulled up slightly and the wings fell off? The video must still be on YT somewhere. I'm not crazy about aircraft that have four bolts holding its main spar onto the main body. Unlike the Mooney M-20 series that had a single spare that could take at least 12 G's before the skin would buckle, I wouldn't trust any airplane that depends on four bolts to hold the body together. Sorry, even though I grew up learning in Cessnas, I'll take a Mooney M20 C class any day before a Sky master, ( i.e. bug smasher). JMHO DPA

[@Tom-zs6bb]

@@daffidavit No. That was a Partenavia P-68C. "Unlike the Mooney M-20 series that had a single spare that could take at least 12 G's before the skin would buckle" I owned and taught in Mooney's. 12G is a fantasy. A dangerous fantasy.

[@melvyncox3361]

barndawg77. Ah right mate.You learn something new every day😎👍!

[@henningsflugsimulatorkanal6034]

I have this plane for MSFS2020 and even then it's very noisy. Is this interesting aircraft still up-to-date for noise protection reasons or is it permitted everywhere? That would surprise me, because with all respect - it's not quiet ;-)

[@Keith-j7h3v]

How fast is the max speed / cruising speed ? Cool plane.

[@lbowsk]

What's with the gloves?

[@PapaBaush]

Is there less right-rudder needed with the push-pull configuration?

[@NPDEXPLORER]

1:36 Reminded me of the Stuka Scream

[@SRiggle56]

No parachutes? Looks like they should have them based on the bank angles and possible pitch angles.

[@Bartonovich52]

Why?

[@rayfl502]

There are two of these at the field where I work , hopefully I can get a ride .

[@Iamdrewbowen]

Nice camera work!!

[@Rocky91782]

I'm going to paint my couch Red Bull colors and make a video of it. Will be equally exciting as this.

[@daveriley6310]

Agreed, I've been a fan of the C-337 for decades, primarily because of the CL thrust safety aspect, but I fail to see the point of the video.

[@darrellwilson8763]

Beautiful airplane.

[@oldcrow3646]

thats non engine Propeller on the back?

[@3240590]

This one may well have the Riley Rocket 300hp conversion. Seems like higher performance than a normal 337.

[@rubywong3824]

This one is a 210HP with a IO-360 engine.

[@mrwest5552]

Y and B is universal.

[@josesbox9555]

Pilot gloves. In a Cessna. Rule number one. Look cool.

[@ЮрийАгапов-з2п]

Очень хороший и надёжный самолёт, только немного шумный 😊

[@renelaizer6518]

I totally love the O2A.....

[@RaysDad]

If I had the money for a 2-engine plane I'd be looking for one of these.

[@bluemarshall6180]

I Flew one of these in the Philippines When I Earned my CPL at the Age of 14. Nice Good Plane. I love it. RP-C 1338. ✈✈😇😇😇

[@mikebreen2890]

I flew one at 16. I was a trainee with a maintenance company and could comfortable fly a circuit before I could drive a car.

[@moonar5820]

I flew one of these when I was 6 working for the USAF

[@MrZrryan2]

pfffft !!! I flew one of these at 0 years !! Straight out of the womb, BAM, landed in the pilot seat, jammed the throttles and gave er shit ! Top that.

[@worldtravel101]

@@MrZrryan2 I can't top that 😂

[@belgianquill]

Steep turns, Chandelles and low passes? Should have given the plane to Bob Hoover before he passed away.

[@donny526]

Clip the wings a couple foot and see if that helps

[@MrFg1980]

Was that the Rock in the copilots seat ?

[@rickdaystar477]

I love the plane. I was assigned to the 21st TASS Vietnam 1970. We had the O-2's with two hard points for rocket pods. We frequently came back with bullet holes in the horizontal stab.

[@alm4132]

"Bat-21"

[@andrewanane9715]

Wow this is a really special video but were you in the cockpit too?

[@edostuff]

No, I was on the ground filming.

[@SGTSnakeUSMC]

Try losing the gloves and keep a hand on the throttles instead of both hands on the yoke to get a better chance at a greaser.

[@1x1x544]

Zum Einschlafen

[@Zorbatron]

Interesting landing gear design.

[@vayalobo]

No cockpit view of the landing ?...Pity 😭

[@briansutphin4180]

Nice gloves..... He's no Bob Hoover

[@thenailerman]

Bob is next to God.

[@fo727]

thenailerman and those gloves are next to ...... I don’t even know!

[@mynickels]

Ron Jeremy but who am I to compare

[@ervinthompson6598]

The Skymaster has many structural limitations compared to the Shrike and trying Bob’s routine in it would be suicidal.

[@hump180]

@@ervinthompson6598 my skymaster is super heavy in pitch. When my hands are sweaty I worry about slipping off the yoke because you pull so hard

[@rusty358]

Has a complex fuel system that a pilot must learn!

[@keithskylerkingnelson3378]

Hey, JJ and I are buying Capt. Halls' N740M

[@RetiredPilot]

I had the gear doors stay open on landing, It took almost full power on both engines to make it to the runway.

[@sickbear1489]

I could never figure out the reason for the aft engine. Seems it only was good for more weight and god-awful noise That air frame cleaned up and a T-56 Allison turboprop up front would have been a jewel.

[@daveriley6310]

@@sickbear1489 There have been single-engine conversions done with 337s. If going to a single, it is actually better to have that single engine in the rear. Huge difference in available thrust and reduced drag. And I have shut down the front engine on 337s and similar aircraft multiple times. In flight, I mean. On the ground it is better to do it the other way around.

[@calvinnickel9995]

@ Sick bear. The Allison 501 is 4000 HP and with a prop on it, it weighs as much as the Skymaster weighs empty. The Skymaster would literally flip over or be ripped apart from the torque or the speeds required for it to produce the required lift and stabilizing force. The extra engine is for redundancy. Even though it’s underpowered it still produces a lot more power than an single engine with a broken camshaft or thrown rod.